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MOSQUITO CANOPY.

Patented Mar. 1-, 1887.

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BY vMM/Vm/ ATTORNEYS.

lUNrTnn STATES Tries.

ATENT MOSQUITO-CANOPY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,639, dated March 1, 1287,

Application filed August 14, 1886. Serial No. 21 ,948. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM W. BARNUM, of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Mosquito-Canopy, of which the fol-- lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in mosquito-canopies for bedsteads, cribs, cradles, and other similar articles of furniture, its ob ject being to produce a cheap and efficient frame for the support of the ordinary fabric or netting ordinarily used in this connection, and to attach the frame to any bedstead of ordinary construction and of finest finish without in the slightest degree marring the same.

It consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bed with my canopy attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof when folded back,parts being broken away, and the dotted lines indi cating the movement thereof.

A vertical standard,1, provided with a slot, 2, cut therein about two-thirds its length, is secured to the inner face of the side boards, upon each side, at the head or foot of the bed, as desired.

A rectangular frame, 3, usually constructed of three longitudinal strips of wood or other light material, and three transverse strips of the same, is provided upon each side at one end with a threaded pin, 4, adapted to enter and slide within the slots 2 of the vertical standards 1. The said threaded pins 4 are fitted with winged nuts 5,purposed to secure the rectangular frame 3 in a horizontal position over the bed at right angles to said vertical standards when positioned for use, and in a vertical plane parallel with the head-board when folded up out of the way, as hereinafter described.

A short inclined brace, 6, is attached to the inside of the vertical standards 1 and the inner face of the side boards of the bed-one upon each sideto serve the dual purpose of a brace for the said standards 1 and supports for the bars 7, which are pivoted at one end to said inclined braces 6, and at the other to the outside longitudinal strips of the rectangular frame 3, centrally between the end and center transverse strip thereof.

The pivoted bars 7 form an additional support for the rectangular frame3 when thesame is in a horizontal position over the bed, as shown in Fig. 1, and a fulcrum for said frame in its adjustment to the vertical position illustrated in Fig. 2.

A large piece of netting or any fabric suited for the purpose is adapted to be thrown over the rectangular frame 3, the ends thereof to hang down over the side boards and footboard of the bed and be tucked in at the head thereof, as shown in Fig. 1.

The end of the netting at the sides of the bed is usually hemmed to receive a light rod, 8, which is pivoted at either the head or the foot, according to the location of the slotted standards 1, to a block, 9, secured to the inner face of the side boards-one on each side of the bed-to project below the lower edge thereof, and one or more hooks, 10, secured in like manner to the blocks 9, project outward to receive and retain in position the other or free end of said bottom rod, 8.

The bottom rod, 8, may be used in connection with the netting upon three sides, if de sired, and, should the head-board be built 10W, upon each of the four sides. In that event, or when used upon three sides, the said bottom rod, 8, is pivoted only as above stated. Ordinarily, however, the employment of the rods, as shown, upon two sides only will keep the netting into the sides of the bed.

As the attachments are all made to the inner face of the side boards, they willnot in the slightest degree mar or disfigure a bed of finest finish.

The position of the parts when the canopy is arranged for use is fullyillustrated in Fig.1.

When it is desired to change or make up the bed, the winged screws 5 are loosened, and the frame with its accompanying netting slightly elevated. The end of the frame will then drop, guided by said pins, against the bottom of the said slots in the vertical standards, and the frame assume a vertical position parallel with the head-board,with the pivoted bars 7 at aslight angle thereto. The bottom netting-baiyS, will be carried to a position against the post, and the netting at the top of the frame will hang down out of the way over and around it. By reversing the operation the first position is assumed.

I usually stiffen the standards 1 by the use of one or more transverse strips attached to the back or inner face of said standards, which strips also form a support for the frame 3 when in a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 2.

The winged nut 5 may be dispensed with, and the pin 4 provided in lieu thereof with an enlarged top. I also find it advisable at times to dispense with the inclined braces 6. In that event the supporting-bars 7 are hinged to the frame 3 at one end and directly to the slotted standards 1 at the other.

I am aware that standards have been ati tached to the head-boards of beds having Letters Patent, is-

1. A canopy consisting of an adjustable slatted rectangular frame provided with pins 4 at 3c one end, slotted standards 1, adapted to receive said pins, and pivoted supporting-bars 7, connecting said frame and standards, all adapted to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth. 3 5

2. The combination, with a bedstead, the slotted standards 1, and brace 6, of the adjust-able slatted frame 3, provided with end pins, 4, adapted to engage with slots in said standards, and the pivoted supporting-bars 7, 4o connecting said frame and brace, substantially as described. I

3. The combination, with a bedstead, a frame, 3, supported from said bedstead, and a mosquito-netting on said frame, of the hooks 45 10 and blocks 9, attached to the side boards of said bedstead, and the bars 8, secured to said netting, pivoted at one end to the blocks 9, and adapted to rest in the hooks 10, substantially as shown and described, and for the pur- 5o poses herein set forth.

WILLIAM W. BARNUM.

Witnesses:

THoMAs O. BARNUM, MILTON H. DANIELS. 

